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Closer to the truth
Timon Molloy, Editor
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11 February 2010
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Siemens pledges US$100m to fight corruption after subsidiary’s World Bank ban
German engineering giant Siemens has agreed to spend US$100 million over 15 years helping non-profit organisations worldwide that promote business integrity and fighting corruption, after falling short on ethics. The announcement is part of an..
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11 February 2010
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Bulgarian candidate rejected as Commissioner while tax and customs add to EU anti-fraud role
By David Haworth, Brussels
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11 February 2010
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BAE pays US$450m to close corruption chapter
BAE Systems plc, the UK defence contractor has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges on both sides of the Atlantic and pay fines totalling US$450m in response to corruption investigations that have dogged it for years.
In the US, the..
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11 February 2010
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Greece accused of fraud over debt statistics
The European Commission has effectively accused Greece of fraud over its misreporting of government deficit figures. As the country teeters towards potential financial default, a report on repeated errors in financial data said that the European..
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11 February 2010
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Israel criticised over bribery shortcomings
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has criticised Israel for shortcomings in detecting, investigating and prosecuting foreign bribery cases, “notably those involving the defence industry”. A OECD working..
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11 February 2010
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EU ministers back boosting saving account controls
A package of measures designed to fight tax evasion in the European Union (EU) has been approved in principle by the EU Council of Ministers. A ‘general approach’ backing proposed amendments to directive 2003/48/EC on taxing savings..
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11 February 2010
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Lying for free
The Court of Appeal decision in Widlake [1] has courted controversy with academics and practitioners alike asking if the opportunity was missed to send a clear message that deliberate exaggeration and the pursuit of fraudulent claims will simply not be tolerated in the judicial process. Andrew Gillett of Weightmans examines the ruling.
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11 February 2010
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Hard graft
The passage of the Bribery Bill through Second Reading in the House of Lords in December last year was so smooth that Lord Williamson described the debate as a “love-fest”. However, controversy still surrounds certain aspects of the proposed legislation. In January, 33 probing amendments were debated by the Grand Committee of the House of Lords. Omar Qureshi and Joe Smith of CMS Cameron McKenna LLP review the issues debated and consider the challenges that may lie ahead for both Government and UK business.
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11 February 2010
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OECD welcomes flood of tax transparency agreements
A progress report issued by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has claimed that almost 300 tax transparency agreements have been signed by jurisdictions since the April 2009 G20 summit in London. This called on..
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11 February 2010
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French impressions
Investigators always do well to tread warily but special care is needed in navigating the legal obstacles in France, says Anthony Charlton of FTI Consulting
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11 February 2010
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Taking liberties
Bill Waite is Group Chief Executive Officer, The Risk Advisory Group (+44 (0) 20 7578 0000, bill.waite@riskadvisory.net)
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11 February 2010
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Into the unknown
Multiple targets, assets, objects and thousands of transactions – how are they connected, how can they be? Jane Inzani of ebis Analytics draws out an answer.
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11 February 2010
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Deep and wide
Corruption begets fraud and fraud begets corruption, and there are few harder crimes to tackle than complex frauds rooted in institutionalised and culturally tolerated corruption. As a result, the work of international organisation Transparency..
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11 February 2010
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